Tre Avery (born February 26, 1997) is an

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...

cornerback A cornerback (CB) is a member of the defensive backfield or secondary in gridiron football. Cornerbacks cover receivers most of the time, but also blitz and defend against such offensive running plays as sweeps and reverses. They create tur ...

for the

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of the

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(NFL). He played

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Rutgers Rutgers University (; RU), officially Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a public land-grant research university consisting of four campuses in New Jersey. Chartered in 1766, Rutgers was originally called Queen's College, and was a ...

Early life and high school career

Avery grew up in Baltimore, Maryland and attended St. Francis Academy in Baltimore, Maryland, and Franklin High School.

College career

On May 3, 2015, Avery committed to play football at

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, but transferred to Toledo after an eligibility issue at Ohio State, redshirting there before transferring a second time to Rutgers.

Professional career

On May 13, 2022, Avery signed with the

as an undrafted free agent, and made the 53-man roster to start the regular season following final cuts.

References

External links

Rutgers Scarlet Knights BioTennessee Titans Bio
Living people 1997 births Rutgers Scarlet Knights football players Players of American football from Baltimore Tennessee Titans players {{defensiveback-1990s-stub